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BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) (USD $)
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9 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | |
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Sep. 30, 2014
Wanda
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Sep. 30, 2013
Canada
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Dec. 23, 2013
IPO
Class A common stock
Holdings
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION | ||||
| Number of shares issued | 18,421,053 | |||
| Price per share (in dollars per share) | $ 18.00 | |||
| Number of additional shares option exercised by underwriters | 2,631,579 | |||
| Total offering size (in shares) | 21,052,632 | |||
| Net proceeds from offering | $ 355,299,000 | |||
| IPO offering expenses paid | 281,000 | |||
| Amount of IPO proceeds contributed AMCE | 355,299,000 | |||
| Ownership percentage held in Holding entity | 77.86% | |||
| Combined voting power held in Holdings (as a percent) | 91.34% | |||
| Principles of Consolidation | ||||
| Noncontrolling (minority) interests (as a percent) | 0.00% | |||
| Number of operating segments | 1 | |||
| Discontinued Operations | ||||
| Amount received for a sales price adjustment from the sale of theatres located in Canada | $ 4,666,000 |
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Represents the amount of accrued offering expenses. No definition available.
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Represents the amount of additional purchase price of discontinued operations received by the entity, related to tax purchase price adjustment. No definition available.
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Represents the percentage of ownership held in the parent entity. No definition available.
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Represents the percentage of ownership of combined voting power held in the parent entity. No definition available.
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Represents the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public, contributed to the subsidiary. No definition available.
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Represents the number of shares issued under an option exercised by the underwriters. No definition available.
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Represents the aggregate number of shares issued including shares issued under an option exercised by underwriters during the period . No definition available.
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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage. No definition available.
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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. No definition available.
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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company. No definition available.
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Number of new stock issued during the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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